Thunderstorm Wind, Midland
- When
- February 11, 10:40 PM EST
- Where
- Midland County, 11 mi N of Midland
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.780, -84.230
Damaging Wind in Michigan, February 11, 1999
A line of showers with a few embedded thunderstorms developed in southwest lower Michigan in the evening hours of the 11th, just ahead of a strong cold front. These showers and thunderstorms weakened as they moved into the Saginaw Valley, but were still strong enough to produce an isolated wind gust to around 60 mph.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS DTX wrote it up.
A line of showers with a few embedded thunderstorms developed in southwest lower Michigan in the evening hours of the 11th, just ahead of a strong cold front. These showers and thunderstorms weakened as they moved into the Saginaw Valley, but were still strong enough to produce an isolated wind gust to around 60 mph. A tree was downed onto a car in Mills Township.
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:39 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire and Dust Storm in California, February 11 to 12, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, February 11, 1999
- Hail and High Wind in Kansas, February 11, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, February 11, 1999
- Ice Storm in Iowa, February 11, 1999
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Illinois, February 11, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, February 11, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, February 11, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, February 11, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, February 11, 1999
- Tornado in Missouri, February 11, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, February 11, 1999
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5684686.